The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, has arrested one Godwin Okon, 35, from Effiat community in Mbo Local Government Area for allegedly possessing two human skulls and three locally-made guns, the Punch reports.
The police also Okon and his group, Daybam Confraternity were responsible for the murder of Addax Petroleum staff in 2006, which the police has been investigating ever since.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Murtala Mani, represented by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Cordelia Nwawe, said yesterday that Okon has confessed to the 2006 murder of Addax employee, who died in the cult group’s custody after he was kidnapped.
According to her, Okon said he is a big boy and head of the confraternity. The police, who acted on intelligence report, conducted a search on Okon’s premises and discovered two human skulls including three locally-made firearms.
Nwawe said the suspect admitted before the police that the two skulls in his possession were that of a man and a woman, who died in their custody.
The police disclosed that Okon had swindled people of huge sums of money.
“The police have since 2006 been investigating a case of a man who died from Addax Petroleum field in Effiat, Mbo LGA. We had been looking for the young men who actually kidnapped that man, fortunately for us we have been able to find a particular man whose name is Godwin Okon from Effiat.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being the head of Daybam Confraternity in Akwa Ibom State and further confessed to the kidnapping of Addax staff in 2006 that died in their custody, after collecting the sum of N2m from the company.
“During a search in his house, two human skulls were recovered, one of which he confessed killing the victim one Esther Effiong ‘f’ at Urueoffong Uruko LGA. Also recovered were three locally-made pistols,” she said.
Okon said that the group headquarters is in Oron, but they operated from Effiat, a riverine community in Mbo LGA.
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